Sanitary nest lining



March 30, 1926. 1,578,692

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UNITED'JSTALTES OBVILLE A. THRASHER, DECEASED, LATE OF AMERICAN FORK, U'lAI-I; BY .MARK H.

GREENE, 'ADMINIS'IRATOR,

PAT NT iormcs.

OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

SANITARY NEST LINING.

Application filed August To all whom it mayconcern: V

Be it known that ORVILLE A. THRASHER,

county of Utah and State of Utah, did invent anew and useful Sanitary Nest Lining, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to poultry equip ment and more particularly to sanitarynesi linings. g I r The object of the invention is'to provide a nest lining constructed to fit the nest and so support the eggs deposited thereinfthat the collection of dust on the moist egg Will be prevented insuring the egg leaving'the fnestabsolutely clean. V

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com: bmation and arrangement of parts and 1n I the details of constructionhereinafterf'described'and cla1med, 1t being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of,

fthe'invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without. .departing from the .spiritof the invention.

In the accompanying drawings a Figure 1 represents a plan view of a link ing constructed in accordance with this invention. i f

- .Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail section taken across the ribs or corrugations. I Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of another form; and I Fig. 5 is a: detail plan view of the plan shown in Fig. 4:.

In the embodiment illustrated in'Figs. 1

to 3 adisk-shaped pad 1 is shown composed of soft rubber or other suitable material designed to be placed in a nest having an open-' ing 2 at the center vthereofsaid nest being here shown shaped similarly to the lining. This lining'l has a central opening 3 with 5, 1925. Serial No. 48,358

breakageof the eggin its passage through these openings. The pad or lining 1 has a plurality. of radially extending ribs 5 which are spaced laterally apart to form dust re ceiving troughs 6 between them. These ribs 5 are triangular in cross section as shown in Fig. 3.

ribs to, hold it out of contact with any dust This: construction of pad pro vides for the supportingof the egg on the" 'jvhich will settle into jthetroughs 6 between the ribs. eggs when first laid are moist and if thejyare not prot ectedany dustor other foreign parthereto.

to support the egg andpreventits contacting with thebodyiof the pad.

washed and will withstandconditions to which a nestis'naturally subjected without being injured. I claim:

A dish-shaped of ribs radiating from said opening to form egg supports. I

ticles contacting with the egg will adhere nest lining having an openlng therein Wlth' aiflange surrounding 1t and extending outwardly, and a plurality- It is ofcourse well known that 1 In Figs. land 5. the lining l is similar in construction to that shown in the other Thispad 1 may be, easily removed mi;

2. 'A nest lining comprising a, dish-like bodyv portion formed of rubber material, said body portion havingacentral opening, enlargements formed on 't-he body portion providing dust-receiving spaces therebe 3. A nest lining comprising a dish-like body portion formed of rubber material, said body portion having upstanding in- 'tegral enlargements formed thereon and detl'ierebetween. 7 MARK H. GREENE, the Estate ,07 Orville A.

fining dust spaces Administrator of Thrasher, Deceased. 

